Gorky-Center Gas Pipeline

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Gorky-Center Gas Pipeline (Russian: Газопровод Горький - Центр) is an operating gas pipeline in Russia.

Location

The pipeline starts in Kstovsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, and runs to Zhukovsky District, Kaluga Oblast, Russia.

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Project Details

• Operator: Gazprom Transgaz Nizhny Novgorod
• Owner: Gazprom
• Parent company: Gazprom
• Capacity: 15.6 bcm/year
• Length: 550 km
• Diameter: 1200 mm
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 1974
• Cost:
• Financing:
• Associated infrastructure: Nizhnyaya Tura-Perm-Gorky Gas Pipeline, Medvezhye Gas Field

Background

The pipeline is part of the gas transmission system "Nizhnyaya Tura-Perm-Gorky-Center", which is used to deliver gas from the Medvezhye Gas Field in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug to Central Russia.

Environment and social impacts

On October 24, 2018 the pipeline leaked in the Melenkovsky District of the Vladimir region. The flame went up to 20 meters. 4 hectares of forest suffered from the fire.